Fright Fest
September 13 to November 3, 2024
When the fog rolls in at night, Fright Fest takes over Six Flags Over Texas. This Halloween celebration features several new haunts themed to popular horror franchises, live entertainment, spooky decor and monster-filled scare zones.
About Fright Fest
Halloween events officially began in 1988 at Six Flags Over Texas and expanded to several other parks within the Six Flags chain in the seasons to follow. The first Halloween-related activity at Six Flags Over Texas took place in 1973 and featured a parade and roaming monsters. In 1988, an annual Halloween event, Fright Nights, debuted. The event has always boasted spooky decor and other related live entertainment. The 1992 season brought on the birth of Fright Fest. In 1999, the Six Flags chain had a series of haunted houses themed around Alice Cooper.
Over the years, several Six Flags parks have had other popular themed houses as well. However, as of 2017, all haunted houses are specially themed by each park. One production, Welcome to Arania’s Nightmare, ran for twenty-five seasons inside the Southern Palace Theatre. After a one-year hiatus, Fright Fest returned to Six Flags Over Texas in 2021 with new shows, haunted houses and attractions.